47.1% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingsbury · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingsbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all people in Kingsbury were born overseas, creating a diverse community where diverse cultural backgrounds are a central part of daily life. This high proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 18.6% and Australian at 17.3%, followed by Chinese at 11.1%, Italian at 9.7%, and Vietnamese at 6.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 47.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. While 47.7% were born in Australia, others commonly come from India (7.5%), Vietnam (6.2%), China (6.1%), and Italy (3.4%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21363/kingsbury/topic/ancestry-heritage